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Buffalo Raceway To Try Again On Wednesday, January 17th

After a pair of cancellations due to poor weather conditions over the weekend, Buffalo Raceway will once again try to get the 2018 season off the ground with an 11-race card slated for Wednesday evening (Jan. 17) beginning at 5 p.m.
It will be ladies first in the opener on Wednesday with a full field of eight colliding in the $9,500 Filly and Mare Open Pace.
Little Joke (Bettor’s Delight-Town Joke) gets the 3-to-1 morning line nod from the four hole with Billy Davis Jr. in the sulky. The 6-year-old mare has four wins and a second place finish in her last six appearances and looks to add to her $157,250 career earnings.
Voltina is no stranger to the winner’s circle after winning eight times in 44 attempts in 2017. Voltina will be guided by Kevin Cummings from the five post and put $69,456 in the bank last year.
Miss Irish Rose A, a winner of 11 races in just 26 attempts in 2017, gets the services of defending Buffalo Raceway Driver of the Year Larry Stalbaum from the six spot. The 6-year-old was last spotted at Yonkers Raceway on January 12 where she tried to cut the mile but faded late and finished sixth.
There will be free programs for both the Wednesday and Friday night programs.
The weekend will also feature $3 off the popular Friday Fish Fry in the Winner’s Circle Cafe and $3 off the home style turkey dinner on Saturday evening.
The Winter Harness Racing Handicapping Challenge will also be contested on Saturday night with $850 in cash prizes available. There is a $10 entry fee.
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REDDAM’S MOPOTISM PREVAILS BY A HEAD IN A THREE-WAY PHOTO TO TAKE SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES

REDDAM’S MOPOTISM PREVAILS BY A HEAD IN A THREE-WAY PHOTO TO TAKE SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES

Jan 15, 2018

REDDAM’S MOPOTISM PREVAILS BY A HEAD IN A THREE-WAY PHOTO TO TAKE SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES; TRAINED BY O’NEILL & RIDDEN BY GUTIERREZ, UNCLE MO FILLY GETS MILE IN 1:37.29

In a thrilling three-horse photo finish, Reddam Racing’s Mopotism prevailed by head to take Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez and trained by Doug O’Neill, the 4-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo got a flat mile in 1:37.29.

Graded stakes placed on four occasions, Mopotism, who was most recently third in the Grade I, seven furlong La Brea Stakes here on Dec. 26, notched her first graded stakes win as she stretched out a furlong today.

Attentive to the pace throughout, Mopostism was a stalking second to Northern California invader Mended heading into the far turn and was all-out while a length behind her with a furlong to run, but gradually wore her down as longshot La Force forged up the rail late to make it a three-way thriller.

The second choice in a field of eight older fillies and mares at 2-1, Mopotism paid $6.80, $3.60 and $3.00.

Purchased for $300,000 at a 2-year-old in training sale in March, 2016, Mopotism improved her overall mark to 15-3-4-2. With the winner’s share of $120,000, she increased her earnings to $561,200.

Claimed for a paltry $12,500 eleven starts back at Golden Gate Fields on Jan. 6, 2017, front-running mended had rattled off 10 consecutive wins for trainer John Martin, including a restricted Claiming Crown stakes going a flat mile at Gulfstream Park Dec. 2, which was also her most recent start.

Sent to the lead by Golden Gate-based Ricardo Gonzalez, she laid down splits of 23.81, 47.94, 1:12.32 and 1:24.50 and showed tremendous courage in defeat.

Off at 7-1, Mended paid $6.20 and $4.00.

German-bred La Force, who was also in close attendance throughout, was off at 27-1 with Drayden Van Dyke...

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Louisiana Downs Cancels Tuesday – Extreme Weather Forecasted

Louisiana Downs has cancelled live racing for Tuesday January 16th due to Extreme Weather Forecasted overnight & Tuesday.

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Empire Line impresses guys and dolls alike in Monday’s Damon Runyon Win

West Point Thoroughbreds and RAP Racing’s Empire Line overtook Morning Breez in the stretch and fended off Evaluator’s late charge at the wire to win the 39th running of the $100,000 Damon Runyon for 3-year-old New York-breds  Monday at Aqueduct Racetrack on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Empire Line, who won his debut at six furlongs on December 1, handled his first stakes appearance and first route in impressive fashion, staying off the early pace as Morning Breez went the opening quarter-mile in 23.25 seconds and the half in in 47.24.

Morning Breez maintained the lead out of the turn and into the stretch before jockey Eric Cancel set Empire Line down and took the lead nearing the final furlong. Evaluator, who went three-wide, surged from the outside to challenge for supremacy, but Empire Line held on by a nose, completing one mile in 1:38.75 on the fast main track.

“I had been working the horse and we were able to figure some things out to help him improve his racing,” Cancel said. “He ran huge. I give him credit and I give credit to [trainer] George Weaver’s team for doing a great job with the horse. Today, he kept on going for me.

“I wanted to be on the outside on the trip because he feels a little more comfortable,” Cancel said. “He gives me a little more, so everything worked out. When the other horse [Evaluator] came right next to me, I thought I was going to get beat. But he felt it and just kept on trying and never gave up and the other horse didn’t get there in time.”

Off as the 2-1 favorite, Empire Line paid $6 on a $2 win wager. The Morning Line colt improved to 2-for-2 and increased his career bankroll to $93,000.

“We always liked the horse. From Saratoga to now he always slowly progressed and got better, fitter, stronger,” said Blair Golen, assistant to Weaver. “He...

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RECORD TOTAL LATE PICK FIVE POOL OF $1.7 MILLION REACHED SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA

RECORD TOTAL LATE PICK FIVE POOL OF $1.7 MILLION REACHED SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA

CARRYOVER FROM SATURDAY OF $192,748 GENERATES $1.5 MILLION IN ‘NEW MONEY’

An astounding total Late Pick Five pool of $1,709,442 was reached at fifth race post time today at Santa Anita Park. The 50 cent Late Pick Five, which requires players to select the winners of the final five races on each day’s card, had carried over from Saturday in the amount of $192,748.

The spurred investment of $1,516,694 in “new money” on Sunday, creating the astronomical total “Late Five” pool which exceeded $1.7 million.

With trainer Sam Scolamieri’s Touchdown U S C winning by a half length as the 2-1 favorite in race five, the wager got off to a formful beginning.

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MONEY MAVEN WINS SUNDAY 50G OPEN HANDICAP TROT

MONEY MAVEN WINS SUNDAY 50G OPEN HANDICAP TROT

Jan 15, 2018

Favored Money Maven (Yannick Gingras, $5.40) held sway after a long grind Sunday afternoon (Jan. 14th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Open Handicap Trot.

The field of nine went as the first of seven ‘French’ trots, with Money Maven away from third from post position No. 3.

Last week’s off-the-pace winner, Consolidator (Jim Marohn Jr.), left hard here. The lass worked around pole-sitting Cash Me Out (Eric Goodell), laying down early intervals of :28.4 and :57.4.

Money Maven, snapped in a very good effort a week ago, edged from third, with second-tier Tight Lines (Jeff Gregory) second-over. The fave engaged a stubborn Consolidator through a 1:28.2 three-quarters and a 1:57.2 milepost, finally putting the ma’am away early in the lane.

Cash Me Out then slid out after Tight Lines retreated, having dead aim but seemingly hanging late. Money Maven held sway by a neck, getting the mile-and-quarter in 2:28.3. Deep closer Home’n Dry (Matt Kakaley) and Melady’s Monet arrived late for third and fourth, respectively, with Luminosity (George Brennan) settling for the final pay envelope.

For Money Maven, a 9-year-old Revenue S gelding owned by Kapildeo Singh and trained by Rene Allard, it was his first win in a pair of seasonal starts. The exacta paid $18, with triple returning $66.50.

The season’s first ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a winning combination of 4-Lezendary (Aqueduct’s 3rd race) and 1-Inukchuk Chuck (Yonkers’ 5th race) paid $55 for every correct $1 wager. Total pool was $6,236.

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